At about 10:30 PM on Tuesday March 22, 2016, officers assigned to District A-7 (East Boston) responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of 7 Wordsworth Street. On arrival, officers located a male victim in his twenties suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim was transported by EMS to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

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